Iran Accuses Pakistan of Role in Attack on Revolutionary Guards
Iran's Revolutionary Commander Major General Mohammad Ali
Jafari accused "Pakistan's security forces" of supporting the
perpetrators of a suicide bombing that killed 27 Guards on Wednesday.
"Pakistan's government, which has housed these
anti-revolutionaries … knows where they are and they are supported by
Pakistan's security forces," said Jafari, referring to Jaish al-Adl (Army
of Justice), which has claimed the attack.
"If (the Pakistan government) does not punish them, we
will retaliate against this anti-revolutionary force, and whatever Pakistan
sees will be the consequence of its support for them," he warned in
remarks aired Saturday on state TV.
Wednesday’s bombing targeted a busload of Revolutionary
Guards in the volatile southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, which
straddles the border with Pakistan.
The attack was one of the deadliest on Iranian security
forces in recent years.
